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FIRS offers more tax concessions during COVID-19

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced extra tax concessions in response to COVID-19. Option to pay tax in Naira: Tax is payable in the currency of the transaction. For transactions in foreign currency, taxes will be paid in…

Nigeria Tax Highlights – March 2020

Apart from being the end of Quarter 1 2020, March 2020 was a defining moment in the Nigerian tax system. Tax and regulatory authorities had to issue various concessions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In case you missed the major…

doing business in Nigeria

Ease of doing business in Nigeria 2020 report

The World Bank (WB) recently released its Ease of Doing Business 2020 Report. Each year, WB releases this report that compares business regulation for local firms in 190 economies. Nigeria’s ranking jumped from 146 to 131; representing its second-highest annual progress…

VOARS

Voluntary Offshore Assets Regularization Scheme (VOARS) in Nigeria

What is VOARS? VOARS means Voluntary Offshore Assets Regularization Scheme. President Muhammadu Buhari issued the Executive Order 008 called Voluntary Offshore Assets Regularization Scheme (“VOARS” or “the Scheme”) on 8 October 2018. The Scheme allows Nigerian taxpayers to declare their…